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Transcript

heros, homeless, voting, violence, triumphs, tragedy, winners, war, disasters, death,
The Houston Post
closes its doors...
The Houston
Post closed its
doors on April
18, 1995 after
publishing
what few knew
would be its
last edition.
The closing,
which ended a
111 year continuous run,
was announced
on Tuesday,
April 18 at
about 9:30
a.m.
E m -
ployees were
told they had
until 5 p.m. to
remove their
personal belongings from
the building,
which was
sold to the
owners of the
Houston
Chronicle.
Outside the building, local media were lined
up in the parking lot, and security officers
kept the media
from ap
proaching the
building.
A
press release
from the
Chronicle said
that Consolidated Newspaper, Inc., the
Post's parent
company, has
been searchin
for a buyer
since late
1994. When
no buyers were
found, an
agreement was
made with the
Hearst Corp.,
which owns
the Chronicle.
T h e
Department of
Justice reviewed the
transaction
under the
Hart-Scott-
Rodino Anti
trust Improvements
Act and decided not to
challenge the
deal, according to the release.
S o
now, the
fourth-largest city in the
country now
has only one
newspaper to
inform its
public of the
news and
only the
Houston
Chronicle will
decide what
Houstonians
read.
And
so, Houstonians said
goodbye to
their loyal
Houston
Post, not
even getting
a chance to
receive a
farewell issue.
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